I honestly shoulda brought it somewhere when I first got the westy, it was
covered under the gowesty insurance plan for their new motors. Apparently
they had issues where the main bearing seals would leak on a certain
percentage of motors apparently it got really bad at one point and they
were springing a lot of leaks. Coulda had this done for free 10 years ago.
Oh well live and learn.

On Tue, Aug 2, 2022 at 7:41 PM Tom C <thomas.casal@gmail.com> wrote:

> I hope so I don’t ride it so it should last.
>
> On Tue, Aug 2, 2022 at 7:21 PM Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Clutch should be good for 225K miles, right?
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 2, 2022 at 9:30 AM Tom C <thomas.casal@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thank for the video jack!
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 2, 2022 at 9:24 AM Jack R <jack007@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> > At this point there is no additional labor cost to reset to 0k, I'd
>>> > replace it if it was mine.
>>> > I'd also recommend resurfacing the flywheel
>>> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzhzfy9BSSw .
>>> >
>>> > Jack
>>> >
>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
>>> Behalf
>>> > Of Tom C
>>> > Sent: Monday, August 1, 2022 3:55 PM
>>> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>> > Subject: Re: Oil leak
>>> >
>>> > Nice Jack, if the clutch is still good should I replace it anyway
>>> since I’m
>>> > in there and I have 80k miles on it?
>>> >
>>> > On Mon, Aug 1, 2022 at 3:01 PM Jack R <jack007@comcast.net> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > > Tom,
>>> > >
>>> > > I've done this job twice since ownership of my 84 Westy.
>>> > > Yes, dropping the trans is required, but it isn't that bad.
>>> > >
>>> > > The reason I had to do it twice is that Blast Media migrated into the
>>> > Bell
>>> > > Housing and messed up the rear main seal.
>>> > >
>>> > > We did the job at my home, and took about 4 hours as I recall.
>>> Replacing
>>> > > all the seals and clutch assembly etc.
>>> > > It took about 1000 miles before everything was smooth with the new
>>> > clutch,
>>> > > and this was over 15k miles ago.
>>> > >
>>> > > Very happy I did it, and no leaks!
>>> > >
>>> > > Good luck!
>>> > >
>>> > > Jack
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > -----Original Message-----
>>> > > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
>>> Behalf
>>> > > Of Jim Felder
>>> > > Sent: Monday, August 1, 2022 2:35 PM
>>> > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>> > > Subject: Re: Oil leak
>>> > >
>>> > > Tom,
>>> > >
>>> > > It's been many years but I don't think it's too bad. Getting the
>>> > > transmission out and back in is the hard part, and that's not that
>>> bad.
>>> > The
>>> > > worst part of that I recall is getting the clutch bracketry off and
>>> it
>>> > > helps to have help lowering the transmission to the ground. Once it's
>>> > out,
>>> > > I think any old seal puller will do. Driving it back in can be a
>>> > challenge,
>>> > > don't recall what I used but I found something lying around that
>>> worked
>>> > or
>>> > > else used hole saws to make a wooden donut to do the job with it and
>>> a
>>> > pipe
>>> > > slipped over the input shaft. This was on a waterboxer which I
>>> assume you
>>> > > have.
>>> > >
>>> > > Jim
>>> > >
>>> > > On Mon, Aug 1, 2022 at 1:23 PM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net>
>>> > wrote:
>>> > >
>>> > > > Sorry Tom C.  You have the most important question but I don’t have
>>> > info
>>> > > > on this!
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Hang in there.
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Eric Caron
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > > > On Aug 1, 2022, at 10:44 AM, Tom C <thomas.casal@GMAIL.COM>
>>> wrote:
>>> > > > >
>>> > > > > Hey fellas,
>>> > > > >
>>> > > > > I’ve always had a little oil drip but it’s getting to be a bigger
>>> > drip,
>>> > > > > Coming from the engine trans connection. I’m guessing the guy
>>> that
>>> > > > > installed the main bearing seal didn’t do a good job since it
>>> was a
>>> > > brand
>>> > > > > new gowesty motor and always had a drip. I wanted to wait till I
>>> > > needed a
>>> > > > > new clutch before I tried to tackle the job but 75k miles later
>>> > clutch
>>> > > is
>>> > > > > totally fine. How much of a bear is that main bearing seal?
>>> > > >
>>> > >
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>